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Rafa Silva
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Portuguese footballer (born 1993)
OverviewAI-generated
Rafa Silva is a Portuguese association football player who competes as a midfielder. Born Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira da Silva on May 17, 1993, he holds Portuguese citizenship and speaks Portuguese as his native language. He has represented Portugal at the international level, participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.
His club career includes stints with S.C. Braga, S.C. Braga B, and C.D. Feirense, alongside service for the Portugal national under-20 football team. He wears the number 27 jersey. According to records from The Sportsdb, he plays as an attacking midfielder for Besiktas. His professional work period began in 2012.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 2013
- Portugal U20
- 2026
- Benfica
- Full name
- Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
- Date of birth
- ( 1993-05-17 ) 17 May 1993 (age 33)
- Place of birth
- Vila Franca de Xira , Portugal
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Positions
- Attacking midfielder winger second striker
- Current team
- Benfica
- 2002 2003
- Povoense
- 2003 2011
- Alverca
- 2011 2012
- Feirense
- Years
- Team
- 2012 2013
- Feirense
- 2013 2016
- Braga
- 2016 2024
- Benfica
- 2024 2026
- Beşiktaş
- 2013 2015
- Portugal U21
- 2014 2021
- Portugal
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Besiktas
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rafael
- Family name
- Silva
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Barreiro
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- S.L. Benfica
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 66
- Image
- Rafa Silva 20240803 (cropped) wide.jpg
- Height
- 170
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1993-05-17
- sport number
- 27
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- Commons category
- Rafa Silva
- birth name
- Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
- pseudonym
- Rafa Silva
- name in native language
- Rafa Silva
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:28, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
Rafael Alexandre Fernandes Ferreira da Silva ComM ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁafɐ ˈsilvɐ]; born 17 May 1993), known as Rafa Silva or simply Rafa, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or second striker for Primeira Liga club Benfica.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rafa Silva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.